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Electricity curtailment dips to second-lowest level in 5 years
Curtailment mostly targets the baseload source of electricity, which is geothermal power in Kenya. Geothermal accounted for 40.9 percent of the total power supplied to the national grid.
The volume of deliberately suppressed electricity generation to balance demand and supply on the national grid dipped to the second-lowest level in five years in the year to June 2026, signaling increased consumption of power during off-peak hours.
The concept technically known as electricity curtailment entails the pre-emptive cut or rejection of power generation by grid operators when output exceeds transmission capacity, system flexibility, or local demand.
